A method on the Control class in the .NET framework that finds a control from its id. The control is only found if it is within the calling control's naming container.
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Finding a Control in a page from a page base class
Hope you're having a good Friday and stuff... okay, so here's my question:
All my ASPX pages inherit from a base class called BasePage. BasePage inherits from:
System.Web.UI.Page
Now, how do I access/set a control in my aspx page from my page…
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Using FindControl: Accessing Controls in a Formview
I'm developing a simple Wedding List application, where guests can reserve the present they want to buy for the bride and groom. The Reserve page wraps a few fields inside a couple of panels, all wrapped inside a FormView.
The user enters their…
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findcontrol does not find dynamically added control which was just addes one line before
who can explain this to me?
CheckBox ckRequest = new CheckBox();
ckRequest.ID = "ckRequest";
ckRequest.DataBinding += new EventHandler(this.CkIsRequested_DataBinding);
container.Controls.Add(ckRequest);
Control con =…
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.FindControl always returns null
I have two methods. The first creates one table dynamically, and I add that table into a PlaceHolder.
private void generateData(){
Table tbl = new Table();
tbl.ID = "table1";
holder_info.Controls.Add(tbl);
// ...adding tr's and…
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FindControl() return null
I trying to create application whad add controlls dynamicaly. I have masterpage, my asp:Content is here:
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asp.net FindControl Recursively
This is a really weird one - I will do my best to explain.
I have a basic master page:
<%@ Master Language="VB" CodeFile="MasterPage.master.vb" Inherits="master_MasterPage" %>
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Find control in RoleGroup of LoginView
I have some textboxes and checkboxes inside a RoleGroup of a LoginView. How can I access these controls in my code-behind?
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FindControl in RowDataBound-Event ends in error
My TemplateField in my GridView was created like this:
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Trouble with FindControl and dynamicly created controls
Example code:
var div = new HtmlGenericControl("div");
div.Controls.Add(new Literal() { ID = "litSomeLit" });
var lit = (Literal)div.FindControl("litSomeLit");
Assert.IsNotNull(lit);
This code fails the assert, because lit is null. …
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Find control in repeater footer returns null for text box
I have two nested repeaters. In the nested one's footer I have text box and file upload controls. I was able to get an instance of the file upload without any problem, but the instance of the text box is null, though both are placed in the footer.…
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Problem finding a control within a FormView from code-behind
Here the code behind... I'm trying to retrieve this control so I can add items to the drop down list (I'm retrieving the Role Groups to add to the drop down list in the code-behind)
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As…
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How do I find a ClientId of control in a Listview?
This question is very similar to
How do I find the Client ID of control within an ASP.NET GridView?
However I'm using a listview and a label:
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FindControl - can't find dropdownlist
I have a dropdownlist:
A nice little one. I have some code to find it:
DropDownList myControl1 = (DropDownList)Page.FindControl("ddlGoalKeeper");
Not.. it's…
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How to find user control of an ASP.NET page inside of event of another user control on that ASP.NET page EDIT: different content placeholders?
I have a ASP.NET page with 2 user controls registered. The first one has only one button in it. The second one is simple text and hidden on default. What I want is to make the second one visible when the button in the first one is clicked (that is…
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